The word "ossicle" means "little bone". Yes, they are bones.
Bones have a calcium matrix; therefore, ossicles are made of calcium and other minerals.
The armor of a grasshopper is an exoskeleton made of chitin, providing protection and support to its body. In contrast, a starfish does not have an exoskeleton but instead has a hard calcium carbonate skeleton underneath its skin, known as ossicles, for structural support.
The skeleton is on the outside of a sea star they on the type of echinoderm. In Sea Stars and brittle stars the skeleton is small ossicles that move together creating flexible joints.
No, calcium chloride is not the same as slaked lime. Calcium chloride is a chemical compound made of calcium and chlorine, while slaked lime, also known as calcium hydroxide, is a compound made of calcium, oxygen, and hydrogen. They have different chemical properties and uses.
Calcium is made of atoms, not cells, as calcium by itself is a non-living element whereas cells are made up of thousands and thousands of elements that work in unison to produce a living cell.
There is no elemental calcium in calcium oxide. Calcium oxide is a compound made up of calcium and oxygen atoms bonded together. When calcium oxide reacts with water, it forms calcium hydroxide, which contains calcium ions but not elemental calcium.
Ossicles
They make up the skeleton and protect internal structures.
Starfish actually have ENDOskeletons, not exoskeletons. They are made up of calcium carbonate compounds called ossicles.
Ossicles
YES, but it is not the same "ossicles" that are found in the mammal ear. Echinoderm ossicles are small calcium-matrix plates that make up the dermis or endoskeleton of the echinoderm. They provide protection and support to the underlying tissue.
The starfish is an echinoderm with an endoskeleton of calcium carbonate "ossicles". These honeycombed plates form the dermal region with an overlying epidermis. Their function is to protect the underlying tissue and to give strength and structure to the star fish. They are the equivalent to the human skeleton, more or less.
The starfish is an echinoderm with an endoskeleton of calcium carbonate "ossicles". These honeycombed plates form the dermal region with an overlying epidermis. Their function is to protect the underlying tissue and to give strength and structure to the star fish. They are the equivalent to the human skeleton, more or less.
I don't think bones are made of calcium. Calcium is a nutrition that your bones need to be strong.
It is the ossicles :)
I don't think bones are made of calcium. Calcium is a nutrition that your bones need to be strong.
it means that it is made of calcium
The armor of a grasshopper is an exoskeleton made of chitin, providing protection and support to its body. In contrast, a starfish does not have an exoskeleton but instead has a hard calcium carbonate skeleton underneath its skin, known as ossicles, for structural support.